Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir [1st version] BWV 130.1; BWV 130; BC A 179a

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Genre

Chorale cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 91
Epistel: Offenbarung 12, 7-12
Gospel: Matthäus 18, 1-11

Scoring

S*, A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; 3 Tr, Timp, Fl trav, 3 Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

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Date of origin, Work history

unbekannt
Erstaufführung 29. September 1724; Wiederaufführung um 1735 (autogr. Ergänzungsblätter: Schriftformen u. WZ) mit Besetzungsänderung in Satz 3 (Vl I/II u. Va statt Tr I–III); eventuell nach dem Tod des Stadtpfeifers G. Reiche (6. Oktober 1734). Drei Sätze dieser Fsg. wurden in die Pasticcio-Fsg. übernommen (siehe BWV 130.2. )

Early performances

29 September 1724, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [2. Jg.]
is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2a]

relation from other works:

is adapted in BWV 130/6 (o.I.) ChS
has arrangement in BWV 130.2

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130.1 (Netherlands Bach Society)

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Libretto

Text: Paul Eber (1554, after ‚Dicimus grates tibi‘ by Philipp Melanchton, 1539); stanzas 2-10 (mvts. 2-5) reworked (author unknown);
libretto printing: Leipzig 1724 III
Link to lyrics

Original lyrics

RUS-SPsc 17.141.2.111 [Textdruck]

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Original sources

D-B 55 MS 209 [Score]
B-Bapr Papiers Reine Elisabeth No. 161 [= Clarino II] [Part(s)]
D-B N.Mus.ms. 474 [= Basso continuo (transp.), Fragment c] [Part(s)]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 895 [= Tenor, Fragment] [Part(s)]
D-Cv A.V,1109,(1),3 [= Clarino III] [Part(s)]
D-Eib A. A. 4 [= Basso continuo] [Part(s)]
D-F Mus Hs 1537 [= Basso continuo (transp.), Fragment b] [Part(s)]
GB-Lbl Add. MS. 41629, Faszikel 2 [= Oboe I] [Part(s)]
GB-Lbl Zweig MS. 2 [= Viola] [Part(s)]
Unbekannter Privatbesitz, BWV 130 (1) [= Timpani] [Part(s)]
Unbekannter Privatbesitz, BWV 130 (2) [= Violine I, 1724] [Part(s)]
Unbekannter Privatbesitz (A), BWV 130 (4) [= Violine II, 1724] [Part(s)]
Privatbesitz Mme. Gouin (F-Paris), BWV 130 [= Clarino I] [Part(s)]
Privatbesitz D. Ogilvy (GB-Pencaitland), BWV 130 [= Soprano] [Part(s)]
US-CAh bMS Eng 870 (35a) [= Alto] [Part(s)]
US-PRscheide BWV 130 [= Oboe II, III] [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 130, Sammlung Pleyel [= Basso] [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 130, Originalstimme (Basso continuo (transp.), Fragment a) [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 130, Originalstimmen (Dubletten) [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 130, Originalstimme (Flauto traverso) [Part(s)]
[Kantate BWV 130: Originalstimme Basso continuo (transp.)] [Part(s)]
[Kantate BWV 130: Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir (1./2. Fassung)] Originalstimmensatz/original parts [Part(s)]
RUS-SPsc 17.141.2.111 [Textdruck] [Libretto]

Additional sources

Verschollen BWV 16 [?] oder 130, H. G. Nägeli [unknown]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 101 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 453, Faszikel 4 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/XV, Faszikel 1 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5912 [Konvolut] [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5912, Faszikel 2 [Score]
RUS-KAu Mus. ms. Gotthold 23040 [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 130, Partitur [Score]
CH-Zz Ms.Car XV 244 (32) : B 4 [Part(s)]

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Edition

NBA I/30, S. 1 (Marianne Helms, 1973) – Critical report (1974), S. 11

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